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Millions are without power as a winter storm grips the southern and central United States, with the death toll rising to 20 from record-breaking cold weather.
More than 20 storm-related deaths have been registered by Tuesday, as storm warnings were issued in parts of Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and the hardest-hit state of Texas.
More than 2,700 US flights had been cancelled by midday on Tuesday, led by two Texas airports, with more than 800 cancelled at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and more than 700 at Bush Intercontinental in Houston.
In Texas – where freezing conditions prompted utility companies to implement rotating blackouts – a woman and girl died from carbon monoxide poisoning after using a car to generate heat, according to NBC News.
A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday, including three people found dead after a tornado hit a seaside town in North Carolina and four family members who perished in a Houston-area house fire while using a fireplace to stay warm. The storm that overwhelmed power grids and immobilised the Southern Plains
Nearly 300 Duke Energy crews head to Carolinas to restore power following winter storm
By FOX 13 News staff
Published article
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Duke Energy crews from Pinellas County will join hundreds of other linemen in the Carolinas Wednesday ahead of the winter storm.
Officials said there will be 275 utility crews deployed from Florida. A seaside town in North Carolina has already seen a tornado spawned by cold fronts along the edge of the weather system that has overwhelmed power grids and immobilized the Southern Plains on Tuesday carried heavy snow and freezing rain into New England and the Deep South and left behind painfully low temperatures. Wind-chill warnings extended from Canada into Mexico.
The storm overwhelmed power grids and immobilized the Southern Plains then carried heavy snow and freezing rain into New England nd left behind record cold.